Professional Development Articles
Updates about the annual meeting, educational events, and new resources
Recent news coverage of sleep-related topics has included comments and remarks from AASM members who have helped raise awareness of the importance of healthy sleep.
The AASM reminds sleep facilities and independent sleep practices that beginning Jan. 1, 2017, the AASM will only accept accreditation and reaccreditation applications corresponding to the updated 2016 Standards for Accreditation, which were released in June.
The APSS Program Committee is soliciting proposals for sessions at SLEEP 2017 including postgraduate courses, bench to bedside sessions, clinical workshops, discussion groups, symposia, and rapid-fire symposia.
The initial certification examination in sleep medicine and the maintenance of certification (MOC) exam in sleep medicine will be offered on Nov. 20, 2017, by six member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Join staff experts for a live demo of the AASM Inter-scorer Reliability sleep study scoring assessment system on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. Eastern.
In a special Life & Career Q&A for AMA Wire, AASM President-Elect Dr. Ilene Rosen describes for young physicians both the realities and the unique benefits of specializing in sleep medicine.
AASM members can now download a free copy of the new resource, "A Handbook for Optimizing EHR Use in Sleep Medicine."
You are invited to submit an abstract or session proposal for SLEEP 2017, held June 3-7, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is inviting comments on proposed revisions to Section VI of the Common Program Requirements, which includes proposed changes to resident work hour limits.
A new website recently launched by the Pediatric Sleep Council, babysleep.com, provides accurate, free and up-to-date information on sleep in young children for parents and caregivers.